M4.4 earthquake 190 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 190 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Sat, Aug 15, 1987, 12:25 AM GMT+9 (15:25 UTC), 125 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 149 km W of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-08-14 15:25:21 UTC
- Depth
- 124.5 km (77.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.937° S, 131.057° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1282 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14283 days ago · 215 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7149 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14282 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14273 days ago · 157 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6276 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14256 days ago · 186 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7215 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14242 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
- 6.4193 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14234 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7278 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14233 days ago · 193 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9167 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14227 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.8192 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14225 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00037hm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.